Sec. 3. (a) This section applies if:

(1) for a school initially placed in the lowest category or designation before July 1, 2016, in the third year after initial placement in the lowest category or designation, a school still remains in the lowest category or designation; or

(2) for a school initially placed in the lowest category or designation after June 30, 2016, in the year after the year in which the school is initially placed in the lowest category or designation, a school remains in the lowest category or designation.

(b) The state board may establish and assign an expert team to the school. The expert team:

(1) must include representatives from the community or region that the school serves; and

(2) may include:

(A) school superintendents, members of governing bodies, and teachers from school corporations that are in high categories or designations; and

(B) special consultants or advisers.

(c) The expert team shall:

(1) assist the school in revising the school's plan; and

(2) recommend changes in the school that will promote improvement, including the reallocation of resources or requests for technical assistance.

(d) The governing body of the school corporation in which a school to which this section applies is located may petition the state board to immediately restructure the school by presenting a written plan to the state board setting forth the proposed intervention for the school. If the state board approves the petition and accepts the plan, the school:

(1) operates under the applicable provisions of IC 20-31-9.5; and

(2) is carried forward in the same performance category or designation in which the school is placed at the time the state board accepts the plan.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-6-3.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.229-2011, SEC.188; P.L.223-2015, SEC.5.